Dikkie Dik is a Dutch series of children's picture books, starring the eponymous orange tomcat Dikkie Dik. The books are drawn by author Jet Boeke. They feature short, concise texts by Arthur van Norden. The series started in 1978 as part of the Dutch version of the children's TV show Sesame Street, but soon the stories appeared in bookstores.
On Sesamstraat the stories were read aloud by Piet Hendriks, with recurring characters like Tommie, Pino, or Troel listening. In the early 1980s, the stories were told by Rudy Kuhn, with some children as an audience, and in 1985 Frank Groothof took over.
In 2000, Boeke received the Kiekeboekprijs for her book Waar is Dikkie Dik?, as the best book for toddlers of the year.
In June 2024, Joost Van Den Bosch directed a film called Dikkie Dik en de Verdwenen Knuffel (Tummy Tom and the Lost Teddy Bear). In the film, Tummy Tom discovers that his favorite cuddle toy named Bear is missing, but his friend Cat Mouse is there to help, because Tummy Tom can't sleep without Bear. In december of the same year the sequel Tummy Tom 2: A New Friend for Tummy Tom (Dikkie Dik 2: Een nieuwe vriend voor Dikkie Dik) was released. In this film, Tummy Tom gets a new neighbour, the dog Blaf, with whom he does not get along with at first but eventually forms a friendship with.
Issues
1991 - Dikkie Dik gaat buiten spelen 1998 - Het blauwe blokboekje 1998 - Het groene blokboekje 1998 - Dikkie Dik Voorleesboek 2 1998 - Dikkie Dik naar het strand 1998 - Het rode blokboekje 1999 - Het gele blokboekje 1999 - Het geblokte blokboekje 1999 - Het roze blokboekje 1999 - Het witte blokboekje 1999 - Het oranje blokboekje 1999 - Het dikkerdandikke avonturenboek 2000 - De ballon 2001 - Dikkie Dik gaat in bad 2003 - Dikkie Dik jarig! 2004 - Dikkie Dik Kiekeboekje 2005 - Het vier verhalen boek 2005 - Dikkie Dik viert Sinterklaas 2005 - Dikkie Dik viert Kerstmis 2006 - Dikkie Dik telt voor tien 2007 - Welterusten Dikkie Dik 2008 - Het dikke verjaardagsboek 2008 - Dikkie Dik knisperboekje 2010 - Puzzelboek Dikkie Dik viert feest 2011 - Het dubbeldikke voorleesboek van Dikkie Dik
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